Sales Reports

Lancaster Friday 29/11/13

NWA Lancaster saw 230 head of store cattle through the ring, with trade sharper on the week. Charolais topped the market with a 26month steer at £1490 from EJ Ward & Sons, Intack Farm. DE & SM Moorhouse, Kendal were closely behind at £1460 & £1440 with very smart 25 and 26month Limousin steers. Other lim steers at £1380 from H Chapman & Son, Carnforth and £1300 RG & H Preece, Thornbush, with all lim steers averaging £1120.

Black and White steers sold to £1080 from JS Clark & Sons, Catforth and £1060 from T & L Kirkham, Eccleston. As always, good quality cattle sold well with black and whites averaging £770/head. Hereford steers sold to £1170 from BN Greenwood and £1100 from AW Bradshaw.

A large entry of Angus’ forward this morning selling to £1300 for a pen of four 28month steers from H Chapman & Son, Carnforth. Others sold to £1280 from Mesrs JH Woof & Son, Oxenholme. Angus’ steers averaged a pleasing £1160.

Limousin heifers sold to £1050 from M & L Preece, Kirkby Lonsdale with others at £980 from R Oldfield, Yealand Redmayne. Charolais heifers sold to £1150 from DE & SM Moorhouse, Kendal and blonde heifers to £1010 for a pen of four from EJ Ward & Son, Intack Farm.

Cast Cows

A solid entry of 106 OTM cattle forward this morning at NWA Lancaster. Limousins reached the £2/kilo barrier on four occasions, topping at 239.5ppk (£1580) for a strong Limousin Cow from Nether Hall Farm Ltd, Kirkby Lonsdale. Followed by T Potter & Son with three heifers at 219.50ppk & 204.50ppk twice. The majority of cows forward were Holstein/Friesian which saw a very similar trade on the week. Black and Whites topped at 181.5ppk from TD & V Whitaker Ltd, Winmarghleigh. Best sorts regularly 160-140ppk, with all dairy cows averaging 105ppk.

Calves

A disappointing number of calves forward this morning, with the vast majority being black and white bulls. Bull calves topped at £75 from Wallbank Farms Ltd, Abbeystead, followed by CR & A Baxter & Son, Middleton at £72, good quality black and whites regularly in the £50-£60 area. Continental calves topped at £210 form a British Blue Heifer, again from Wallbank Farms Ltd, Abbeystead.

Next week sees the Christmas Show and Sale of Calves, Store Cattle & Cast Cows with a strong entry for all classes anticipated.

Store Lambs

Store lamb numbers slowly tailing off now with only 75 forward, leaving a ringside of seven buyers struggling to meet requirements. Topping at £60.50 for three Suffolk lambs from PG Thornton, Scorton, who had others at £58 & £55. JM Kelsall & Son, had a tidy pen of 8 lambs forward achieving £59/head. Overall sale average of £48. Please advise the office of entries for the next sale, in a fortnight’s time.